Did Ania Step In It With Phee

[RockyMTblue2]

"She is also aware that freshman Anna Makurat from Poland will wear her uniform No. 24 this coming season.
And Collier is fine with that.

“She did not ask me, but she better fill my 24,” Collier said with a smile."

Sort of a regurg article on Phee's rookie experience. WNBA not so easy for Collier

But seriously, I suspect in her heart of hearts Phee is a little ticked that Ania did not observe the proprieties on this. Phee strikes me as a proprieties girl. After all there are smiles and then there are smiles:

 

[EricLA]

I doubt Phee is ticked. If Geno had felt Ania needed to call Phee and ask permission, I'm sure he would have given her that direction.

Phee is a beast monster on the court, but she struck me as soft spoken, thoughtful, kind and compassionate in person. I have hard time picturing her being ticked, unless it's more or less a UCONN requirement for new players to call past players to ask permission...

 

[Sifaka]

Unwritten rules are worth their ink. —J. Fredd Muggs

 

[JoePgh]

I doubt Phee is ticked. If Geno had felt Ania needed to call Phee and ask permission, I'm sure he would have given her that direction.

Phee is a beast monster on the court, but she struck me as soft spoken, thoughtful, kind and compassionate in person. I have hard time picturing her being ticked, unless it's more or less a UCONN requirement for new players to call past players to ask permission...

I think it is more or less an unwritten rule, but I can certainly understand if knowledge of that custom has not yet crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[Bama fan]

Unwritten rules are worth their ink. —J. Fredd Muggs

Mr Muggs was the preeminent philosopher of Cameroon in the late 1950s. And the only reason I watched the Today show in my preschool days.

 

[augustaTC]

I suspect in her heart of hearts Phee is a little ticked that Ania did not observe the proprieties on this.

Really.....you a mind reader? Or just looking to be provocative.

 

[Argonaut]

No. No she didn’t.

It’s not like this is high school and Phee was absent the day they handed out uniforms, but someone let Anna come take “her number” anyways.

Makurat choosing 24 is a non-issue.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Really.....you a mind reader? Or just looking to be provocative.

Just looking to have a little fun. Criminey! BTW it is a UConn custom to ask the last wearer of the number if your wearing it is okay, in case you weren't aware of that. Lordy.

 

[Bigboote]

Phee strikes me as a proprieties girl.

She also strikes me as a "don't sweat the small stuff" girl.

 

[Gus Mahler]

I thought this custom applied only to Huskies of Honor.

 

[Bigboote]

I thought this custom applied only to Huskies of Honor.

Pheesa is a Husky of Honor.

 

[mbr33ct]

 

[Gus Mahler]

Pheesa is a Husky of Honor.

Right. So Anna should have asked. Put another way, I didn't understand the custom to be that you had to ask any player for permission to use the number.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Pheesa is a Husky of Honor.

Yup:

 

[Bigboote]

Right. So Anna should have asked. Put another way, I didn't understand the custom to be that you had to ask any player for permission to use the number.

I don't understand either. Unless your number is retired, I don't see why there would be any restrictions on wearing it.

 

[j66kicker]

I don't understand either. Unless your number is retired, I don't see why there would be any restrictions on wearing it.

I wanna see some former player say, "No."

Some professional baseball players have asked for large $$ (like $50,000) to give up their number when a star who wears their number gets traded to their team and wants to have that number. So, for instance, if UConn already had a #22 and Westbrook was asked to pay for it, would that be a violation of the previous #22's amateur status?

 

[Argonaut]

Just out of curiosity, did Molly give Sue a call when she chose 10?

I mean, no one wore it the 14 seasons between Molly's freshman year and Sue's senior year...

 

[j66kicker]

Just out of curiosity, did Molly give Sue a call when she chose 10?

I mean, no one wore it the 14 seasons between Molly's freshman year and Sue's senior year...

Yes Molly asked Sue - in person...

Bird call: Bent to wear No. 10 at UConn

Bent wore uniform No. 10 at Tabor Academy and wanted to keep it. No one has worn it at UConn since Bird graduated following her 2002 national Player of the Year season.

www.sny.tv

 

[Argonaut]

Yes Molly asked Sue - in person...

Bird call: Bent to wear No. 10 at UConn

Bent wore uniform No. 10 at Tabor Academy and wanted to keep it. No one has worn it at UConn since Bird graduated following her 2002 national Player of the Year season.

www.sny.tv

Good to know. Thanks.

It said CD told her to ask. Did someone tell Anna?

 

[Go/huskies]

I wanna see some former player say, "No."

Some professional baseball players have asked for large $$ (like $50,000) to give up their number when a star who wears their number gets traded to their team and wants to have that number. So, for instance, if UConn already had a #22 and Westbrook was asked to pay for it, would that be a violation of the previous #22's amateur status?

I think Maya asked Greene if she could wear #32 and Greene didn’t give it up, not a no but kind of a no.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Really.....you a mind reader? Or just looking to be provocative.

LOL you haven't figured out that Rocky's threads are click bait? In any case, I'll bet not every player has phoned the previous wearer of a jersey and asked to wear the number. The whole thing is silly anyway. It's just a uniform number and there are only so many available in basketball.

 

[Biff]

It's just a uniform number and there are only so many available in basketball.

And for UConn one can assess that right now there are a maximum of 33 numbers available.

Based on past events, we can assume that the numbers 0 and 1 are taken off the board by Geno. The only number "retired" so far is Lobo's 50. So of the typical max 36 available, that leaves 33.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Why do people here want to create drama. She has number 24... get over it.

 

[DaBball]

Ania typically wears #13, but that is Christyn's.

 

[uconnfan68]

Good to know. Thanks.

It said CD told her to ask. Did someone tell Anna?

Obviously we need to throw CD under the bus.